Healthcare Finance and Accounting
BUSA-X409.98
Students successfully completing this course will earn quarter units which may be eligible to be used towards the CA Board of Accountancy's educational requirement for CPA Exam eligibility and licensure. For more information contact unexbusa@ucsd.edu or https://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/
Learn the various strategies related to finance and accounting when applied to healthcare environments. Topics include: insurance reimbursement, accounting statements, cost allocation, compounding and discounting, financial risk, debt and equity financing, ROI analysis, revenue cycle management, and supply chain management.
The course will follow a format that corresponds to materials provided by the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Association of Universities Programs in Health Administration.
Format: This course is offered in an online asynchronous format. There are no set meeting times, however, students follow a weekly schedule and there will be deadlines to meet in terms of course requirements. This course cannot be completed at an accelerated rate. UCSD Extended Studies operates in Pacific Standard Time and therefore any deadline is considered 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Textbooks:
Gapenski's Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management 7th
by K. Reiter, P. Song
ISBN / ASIN: 9781640551862
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 6/30/2026
Schedule:
Instructors:
Nicole Cooney
Section ID:
Class type:
This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Textbooks:
Textbook 1.) Gapenski's Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management 7th by K. Reiter, P. Song ISBN / ASIN: 9781640551862
Policies:
Drop Refund Deadline:
Schedule:
Instructors:
Nicole Cooney
